WEEK 1: EPIDEMIOLOGY OF DIABETES

Question 1

What is epidemiology?

Answer 1

It is the study of distribution and determinants of health and its application to prevention of health problems

Question 2

State examples of determinants of health

Answer 2

*Person: age, ethnicity, gender
*Place: urban\ rural , geographical, migration
*Time: secular trends

who, where, when

Question 3

State the two measures of disease distribution

Answer 3

*Prevalence
*Incidence

Question 4

Define Incidence and Prevalence

Answer 4

*Incidence: new cases over time period
*Prevalence: total number of cases at a particular point in time

Question 5

What can result in high prevalence cases?

Answer 5

*Better treatment hence people live long
*Introduction of new testing equipment that is accurate then the previous one used

Question 6

State the 4 main NCD

Answer 6

*Obesity
*Cancer
*Chronic lung disease
*Heart disease and stroke

Question 7

Describe the age and sex prevalence of diabetes

Answer 7

*Diabetes increases with age
*It is more found in male than female

Question 8

Describe the health seeking behavior for diabetes

Answer 8

HEALTH BELIEF MODEL:
*Perceived benefit
*Perceived susceptibility
*Perceived threat
*Perceived severity

Question 9

Describe the primary, secondary and tertiary prevention of Diabetes

Answer 9

*Primary: exercise, proper diet, reduce obesity
*Secondary: raise awareness of diabetes and screen people for the disease
*Tertiary: monitoring, treatment, prevent disability and complications